(September 30,
2008) Enlarge Close-up of
the monument to B.F. Terry's Texas Rangers located in front of the Texas
State Capitol. The photo was taken in the afternoon on September 30,
2008.

Benjamin Franklin Terry was the first colonel of the 8th Texas Cavalry
Regiment CSA. B.F. Terry died early in the war but the regiment remained
known as Terry's Texas Rangers. B.F. Terry had a brother, David S. Terry
who formed a cavalry regiment from Texas known as D.S. Terry's Cavalry
Regiment. This regiment saw service in the Trans-Mississippi Dept of the
Confederacy and also served with distinction, but never gained the fame
of the cavalry regiment raised by B.F. Terry. The survivors of B.F.
Terry's Texas Rangers paid for the monument

William Bozic photo

(September 30,
2008) Enlarge This
monument to Hood's Texas Brigade stands next to the Texas State Capitol.
The monument was erected in 1910 by survivors of the brigade.

The regiments which comprised the Texas Brigade in the Confederate Army
of Northern Virginia were the following:

(September 30,
2008) Enlarge The Base of
the Monument to Hood's Texas Brigade

The quote at the base "Hood's Texas Brigade Shall Retain Its Original
Formation As Long As There Is A Man Left To Wave Its Flag"-President
Jefferson Davis CSA relates to the decimation in the Confederate Army of
Northern Virginia and a plan to reconfigure units based on actual
strength to reflect the true manpower. The quote from Jefferson Davis
makes it clear the Texas Brigade was exempt. There are other quotes
around the base, as well as statistics